TY  - JOUR
AU  - Grothusen, Christina
AU  - Schöttler, Jan
AU  - Cremer, Jochen
AU  - Frey, Norbert
AU  - Langer, Christoph
PY  - 2014
TI  - Very large left atrial myxoma: an unusual differential diagnosis of bronchial hyper-reactivity
JF  - Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy; Vol 4, No 1 (February 27, 2014): Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy
Y2  - 2014
KW  - 
N2  - Intra- and paracardiac tumors are rare. Clinical symptoms are typically secondary to mechanical effects of the mass. We describe a patient, who was in good general health, presenting with a 6-month history of unspecific symptoms considered consistent with reccurrent lower airway infections by her primary care physician. A chest X-ray suggested left-atrial enlargement and a questionable mass, which eventually was identified as large left-atrial tumor partially obstructing the mitral orifice. The case demonstrates that even a very large left-atrial tumor, causing intermittent partial obstruction of the mitral valve may present with mild unspecific symptoms.
UR  - https://cdt.amegroups.org/article/view/3372